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Tue, 04 Dec 2012 11:52:24

!!! Darkseid is the Justice League movie villain.

Stephen Chow's Monkey King trailer



Beside Yen playing the titled role, the other cast include Chow Yun Fat, Aaron Kwok, Kelly Chen, Gigi Leung, Eilin Zhang, Joe Chen, Peter Ho, Xia Zi Tong and Carlson Cheng.

Ever since the beginning of time, it was the deities who had maintained the order of the heaven and earth. However, owing to their evil predisposition, the demons weren't content with being subservient to deities all the time. To take the controlling power from deities, the leader of the demon tribe, Buffalo Demon King mounted an attack against the deities in heaven, but he lost out to Jade Emperor of the deity tribe at last and was expelled to Flaming Mountain on earth. Though the battle was drawn to a close, heaven was left in ruins and rubble. For the sake of harmony among deities, demons and humans, the goddess Nuwa turned herself into multicoloured crystals with which she mended heaven. To protect heaven from demonic ambush again, she also built the South Heavenly Gate with the same crystals. The Gate was imbued with strong divine magical power so that any demonic being coming close to it would vanish into ash. Despite the utmost care she used, Nuwa dropped one of the crystals fell to the earth leaving an opening on the Gate. As the crystal fell, it gathered the solar and lunar energies throughout hundreds of thousands of years and it turned into a celestial foetus. A divine monkey was born at last and he was the pivotal figure related to the security and safety of the heavenly palace.


This divine monkey has exceptional innate talent and intelligence. He learns magic from the Old Master Puti, the magic tricks to ride on flying cloud, freeze people's action and transform himself into 72 different beings.


Meantime, a giant wall of water hit Flaming Mountain, where Buffalo Demon King lived. The Demon King knew it was time to pull off his plan to attack heaven by playing the divine monkey off against heaven, so that he could take the controlling power from deities purportedly.

The film is scheduled for release theatrically in late 2013.

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Mon, 10 Dec 2012 03:25:32

Its Hobbit week!!! So who is going? If I was home I would be going to an early showing tomorrow. Sad So I have to wait till friday.

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Mon, 10 Dec 2012 03:40:58
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Its Hobbit week!!! So who is going? If I was home I would be going to an early showing tomorrow. Sad So I have to wait till friday.

I'm going to wait a couple weeks for the crowds to die down. I might see it on Christmas day.

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Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:06:51

Unless this runs for 6 months to a year I won't be going. Sad

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Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:10:13
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Unless this runs for 6 months to a year I won't be going. Sad

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Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:14:12
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The timing could not have been worse.

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Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:20:08
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Dvader said:

Its Hobbit week!!! So who is going? If I was home I would be going to an early showing tomorrow. Sad So I have to wait till friday.

I'm going to wait a couple weeks for the crowds to die down. I might see it on Christmas day.

I remember I think I saw Two Towers on Christmas Day when it was in theaters I might do that with the Hobbit. If not I would have to wait until it is on DVD and Blu-ray.

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Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:02:17

Why does this thread only get comments when LOTR or Batman is involved?

Screw you guys.

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Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:57:58

Superman Man of Steel trailer 2

Awesome New Trailer for The Lone Ranger

Kim Jee-woon Plans Live Action JIN ROH: THE WOLF BRIGADE

Get ready for something spectacular. Korea's Kim Jee-woon - soon to make his English language debut with Arnold Schwarzenegger starring The Last Stand - has big plans for his next Korean film and it's something that should leave anime fans very, very happy.


According to multiple Korean outlets Kim is now planning a live action adaptation of Oshii Mamoru scripted anime feature film Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade. Directed by Okiura Hiroyuki the 1999 original film is, in my opinion, one of the greatest animated films ever made, a spin on the Red Riding Hood tale set in a parallel reality in which the Nazis won World War II and Japan now exists as an oppressive military state patrolled by heavily armored state police, one of whom builds a relationship with a young girl who is part of a violent protest movement.


Jin-Roh is a story that perfectly balances an intimate story against an epic setting, and action against character. It is also very much a story that plays directly to Kim's greatest strengths as a director. Ghost in the Shell director Oshii Mamoru, who wrote the original Jin-Roh script as well as a related manga, has previously directed a number of live action films set in this world but nothing that tackled the sweeping story of the animated film and none of his films had the financial resources to really do the story justice.

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Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:48:12

Never thought Jin Roh was that great. Great atmosphere; shallow themes.

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Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:22:11

http://twitchfilm.com/2012/12/park-chan-wook-teams-with-his-brother-and-song-kang-hos-bad-wig-for-day-trip.html

Park Chan-wook Teams With His Brother And Song Kang-ho's Bad Wig For DAY TRIP

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Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:26:53

http://www.beyondhollywood.com/len-wiseman-promises-a-modern-day-epic-horror-mummy-reboot/

Len Wiseman Promises a Modern-Day Epic Horror Mummy Reboot

"There was skepticism. The difference between the two, if The Mummy is to be the next movie for me, is that The Mummy is a completely different film. It is a modern day take. It doesn’t have anything to do with the Brendan Fraser films, and it is not a remake of any kind.


The Mummy is one of Universal’s long standing, iconic characters, well before the Brendan Fraser movies… This is such a different thing. What was attractive to me…There is still a script to be written, and all of that….But the pitch was to go with a much different tone. It was a Mummy like I’d never heard of before. Its nothing like what you would expect, at all, oddly. I was picturing Egypt, and the sand swept settings. The mummy wrappings. When I heard what they were wanting to actually do with it, it was shocking…


It’s horror. Its epic. It’s more of a modern day version of what would happen if we came across a mummy in our world today. It is pretty fascinating."

Watch Out Crime! Here Comes A Kid With A Shotgun!

When things get tough in Yokohama there's only one thing to do. Send in the kid. The kid with a shotgun.


One of the odder things to cross our desk in recent days, upcoming Japanese effort Kid's Police is a note perfect recreation of gritty 1970s gangster flicks - think Fukasaku - with one key difference. All of the major roles are played by children. Hard boiled, heavily armed, look at them wrong and they'll shoot you in the face children.


Giggle away to the teaser video above.

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Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:25:24

The Mummy is one of Universal’s long standing, iconic characters, well before the Brendan Fraser movies…

LOL ouch. I liked the first one. But only the first. And also that spin-off with the Rock and that guy who passed away recently.

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Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:31:28

The Scorpian king wasn't great. Neither was the Emporers Tomb. I liked 1 and 2.

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Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:32:23

From the Director of Fearless smiley

http://www.fareastfilms.com/newsPage/Trailer-For-Saving-General-Yang-4345.htm

Trailer For 'Saving General Yang'


The trailer has been released for 'Saving General Yang', an upcoming Chinese historical epic directed by Ronny Yu. The film is based on the Chinese legend of the Yang clan, in which seven brothers battled to save their father’s life. The cast includes Ekin Cheng, Adam Cheng, Xu Fan and Raymond Lam.


Synopsis


The story of the Yangs has been eulogized for hundreds of years in Chinese society. It details the exploits of the Yang military family, recounting the unflinching loyalty of the Yang family heirs. 'Saving General Yang' places the focus on how the seven sons of the Yang family combined their efforts to rescue their father...


'Saving General Yang' is due for release across Hong Kong in the first quarter of 2013.

Review: THE GUILLOTINES Fails To Make The Cut

In fact the script is more reminiscent of Hollywood action movies like Young Guns or Mission Impossible (it lifts one scene verbatim from The Wild Bunch) than its wuxia predecessors and seems determined to please too many different audiences simultaneously. Needless to say the result is that it offers a little of everything - action, drama, propaganda, romance - but spread frustratingly thin under a thick glossy sheen. Had the entire film played out like its opening moments it might well have succeeded as a blood-splattered guilty pleasure that would no doubt score highly with Far East action fans, as it is The Guillotines dulls its blade on well-meaning austerity and as a result, just won't cut it.

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Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:32:18

http://twitchfilm.com/2013/01/review-the-grandmaster-ip-man.html

Review: THE GRANDMASTER Brings Class to the Ip Man Legend

"The Grandmaster remains first and foremost a Wong Kar Wai film, employing a very slow, deliberate pace throughout and dedicates long periods of time to watching its characters ponder the great mysteries of life, or more often, wallow in their own regrets and missed opportunities. But this is interspersed by some truly fantastic action, which should delight kung fu fans and arthouse cinephiles alike. In The Grandmaster, Wong Kar Wai has crafted the best-looking martial arts film since Zhang Yimou's Hero, and the most successful marriage of kung fu and classic romance since Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and is more than deserving of that film's measure of international success."

Choi Min-sik And Hwang Jung-min Star In Korean Thriller NEW WORLD. Watch The First Teaser!

THE LAST STAND Trailer Gets Silly In All The Right Ways

Michael Bay Adds Jack Reynor to Transformers 4, Announces a New Trilogy

Fuckity fuck

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Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:49:26

First Look at Katniss and Finnick in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

http://www.beyondhollywood.com/first-look-at-katniss-and-finnick-in-the-hunger-games-catching-fire/

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Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:45:03

The Last Stand reviews

"The Last Stand is not horrible by any means. Once it gets past an uneven opening act and events dovetail towards its climactic stand off, there is plenty of late-night, high caliber explosive fun to be had. That said, at a time when Hollywood B movies have become their A movies, to produce something that is still most definitely a B movie must be considered something of a disappointment. When held up for comparison against both the actor and director's previous bodies of work, The Last Stand is a passable return to hero duties for Arnold Schwarzenegger, but must also be acknowledged as the worst film of Kim Ji-woon's career."

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"The Last Stand is a fabulous, turn-off-your-brain ride that doesn't rear up and make you feel stupid. There's a lightness and charm at work that for some reason seems near impossible for other similar films to achieve, a credit to Kim Ji-woon and his collaborators. With the right audience of like-minded people, The Last Stand could well be one of the most unabashedly fun experiences you'll have at a theatre this year."

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Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:15:54

Hey look at me I am in the non gaming board!   ^ I am so seeing that day one. Arnold is back!!

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Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:50:43

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